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A. D. M. G. Laing was born in Edinburg in 1898. He joined the Indian Army in 1915 and served with the Infantry until 1923 when he retired with the rank of Captain.     

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It is with deep regret that we learn of the death at Palmerston North, in his eighty-first year, of William Maurice Webster. ‘Wally’ as he was affectionately known, really had no desire to enter the veterinary profession, but his father (himself a veterinarian and farmer from Wiltshire County in England) was a man of firm views concerning the career his son should follow. It was thus that in 1922, after 4 years study at the Royal Dick Veterinary College and Edinburgh University, the young Webster completed concurrently the necessary qualifications for both Membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the Bachelor of Science degree, the latter with a major in medical physiology.     

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We called him Mac. In Scotland this is more than a convenient abbreviation for those claiming association with the clans of old. It carries a subtle implication of bestowed affection and acknowledged efficiency. On these terms, its application to James McGregor was peculiarly apt.